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Sarah Burke’s Medical Expenses a Reminder of the Shortcomings of American Healthcare

    VIA – YAHOO     Sarah Burke’s Medical Expenses a Reminder of the Shortcomings of American Healthcare   By Samantha Van Vleet, Yahoo! Contributor Network Jan 24, 7:24 pm EST   Canadian X Games skier Sarah Burke passed away on January 19th following a training accident in Utah. Burke crashed, causing her vertebral … Continue reading Sarah Burke’s Medical Expenses a Reminder of the Shortcomings of American Healthcare →

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Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life

VIA – TIMES COLONIST   Surfers’ documentary speaks for sea life   By JUDITH LAVOIE, timescolonist.com January 28, 2012 10:07 PM Tofino-based surfer Peter Devries rides the waves around the Great Bear Rainforest for the documentary about the area. Photograph by: Jeremy Koreski, . When a couple of sea lions swam close to Chris Darimont … Continue reading Surfers' documentary speaks for sea life →

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X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke

VIA – USA TODAY   X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke   By James Sullivan, BNQT.com   ASPEN, Colo. – In an emotional final capping off three weeks of sorrow surrounding the death of of women’s freeski pioneer Sarah Burke, Canadian Roz Groenewoud won the gold medal in women’s superpipe at … Continue reading X Games superpipe final devoted to memories of Sarah Burke →

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Star skier Sarah Burke seriously hurt in fall

VIA – MSN FOX SPORTS Star skier Burke seriously hurt in fall Updated Jan 10, 2012 9:07 PM ET Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital Tuesday after being seriously injured while training on the superpipe. The Canadian freestyle team sent a Twitter message Tuesday afternoon saying Burke had … Continue reading Star skier Sarah Burke seriously hurt in fall →

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BC's Japan Tsunami Debris Problem

Maybe Japan could pay the whaling ships or use some of the relief funds they are using to whale on cleaning up the garbage? BC’s Japan Tsunami Debris Problem Tuesday, 27 December 2011 Trevor Williams Image courtesy U.S. Navy. Debris from the March 11th 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami is rapidly approaching the BC coastline … Continue reading BC's Japan Tsunami Debris Problem →

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Shark attack survivor questions care in Mexico – Sand, salt found in wounds after treatment at Mexican hospital

VIA – CBC Shark attack survivor questions care in Mexico Sand, salt found in wounds after treatment at Mexican hospital CBC News Posted: Dec 2, 2011 6:06 PM ET Last Updated: Dec 2, 2011 7:34 PM ET Nicole Moore was just grateful to be alive after Mexican doctors stitched up her bitten arm and sewed … Continue reading Shark attack survivor questions care in Mexico – Sand, salt found in wounds after treatment at Mexican hospital →

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Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video?

VIA – RED ORBIT Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video? November 13, 2011 A British Columbia resident believes that he has captured the creature known as Ogopogo, known to many as the “Loch Ness Monster of Canada” on a video that has since been uploaded to YouTube. According to Michael Sheridan of the New … Continue reading Elusive Canadian Sea Monster Caught on Video? →

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Surfer unaided by glasses spotted a sea lion that was clearly a whale

VIA = CANADA.COM Surfer unaided by glasses spotted a sea lion that was clearly a whale   askatchewan man moved to Tofino and had a ‘life-changing’ encounter Sandra McCulloch, Times Colonist Published: Thursday, July 19, 2012 Cam Shaw can’t see a thing without his glasses on. But the Tofino man can’t surf with glasses, so when … Continue reading Surfer unaided by glasses spotted a sea lion that was clearly a whale →